A return to Avalon brings a welcome reminder of quality

I was expecting an air of doom and gloom in Avalon – it had been a pretty crappy day for the hospitality sector, let’s face it – but the welcome was as warm as it had been when I first visited it almost three years ago.

Avalon on Morehampton Road in Dublin 4: the kitchen takes classic flavours and jazzes them up to great effect Pic: Fergal Phillips

Avalon

89 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4

01-6144849, avalonrestaurant.ie

Chef: Alex Cojocea

If ever there was a night to support an independent restaurant, it was Budget Night. Actually, if ever there was a night to support an independent restaurant it’s every night, and I’d encourage you to do so as often as you can as we face into what the boffins might describe as a period of Brexit-related economic uncertainty.

I was expecting ...